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TOY. NO. 419,754. Patented Jan. 21, 1890;

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ner of the corner partition E is built a house UNITED STATES I FREDRICK\VALTER DENNIS, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,754, dated January21, 1890.

Application liled September 11, 1889. Serial No. 823,623. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK WALTER DENNIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, refen ence being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to puzzles; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1, cut on the line 00 x.

My invention consists of the base-board A, bounded by a rim B, its upperedge rising about one inch above the upper face of the base. Set in theupper face of said base, and about one inch on the insidefrom said rim,is a partition 0, colored red, having in its lower right-hand corner anopening 0 and in its upper left-hand corner an opening 0. Inside of saidpartition 0, and about an inch from the same, is anotherpartition 1),colored white, having in its upper right-hand corner an opening (1 andin its lower left-hand corner an opening 61'. On the inside of saidpartition, and about one inch froin same, are four corn er-pieces-E inthe upper right-hand corner, colored green, F in the upper lefthandcorner and colored blue, Gin the lower leftrhand corner and colored red,and II in the lower right-hand corner and colored black. Between saidcorner-pieces are left openingse in the upper center, f in the left-handcenter, 9 in the lower center, and h in the right hand center, of theboard. In the inner cor- I, also colored green, having in it a door t',which opens directly to the center of the ring. In the inner corner ofthe corner partition F is built another house J, colored blue, the samecolor as the partition, having in it a door j, which opens directly tothe right. In the inner corner of the corner partition G is anotherhouse K, colored red, the same color as the partition, and having in ita door It, which opens to the center of the ring. In the inner corner ofthe corner partition H is built a house L, colored black, same color asthe partition, and having in it a door Z, which opens directly to theleft. On the inside of said corner-pieces is an octagon ring about fiveor six inches in diameter, marked by a single -wire fence M, which iserected on eight posts m,which are driven into the base. Said wire fenceis just high enough to let the four men-Kilrai, Bin, Greenfiel, andMitche-represented by the four marbles, Nos. 1 2 3 4, respectively, andcolored blue, green, red, and black, respectively, pass in and out undersaid wire; but said wire fence is low enough to keep Sulliva(represented by the large marble No. 5) in the ring. In the center ofsaid ring is a house N, having a door at opening directly to the bottomlefthand corner of the board. Said house may be square or round. Thecovering of said house is colored green. The coloring is for the purposeof ornament and to more easily distinguish the parts ofthe puzzle. Thus,as will be seen, there are tracks 0, P, and Q, square It, and ring-fieldS for the small marbles to play in,while the larger marble is confinedinside the wire fence The game is played as follows: Place the largemarble No. 5 in the ring and the four smaller ones in the outside track0. Take the board and carefully manipulate it so as to run the marblesto the center, and work the black one into the black house L, next thegreen one into the green house I, next the blue one into the blue houseJ, and next the red one into the red house K, and then run the large oneNo. 5 into the center house N,without letting any of the smaller onesout of their homes, and if any one should come out while you areattempting to put No. 5 in his house you must run him back beforeSulliva is put in. All this must be done by manipulating the board, andnone of the men is to be touched with the finger or anything else duringthe process. The person who gets all the men in their homes first in theorder above described wins the game Having described my invention ,WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The puzzle-board consisting of the base.

her-pieces E, F, G, and H, having the houses I 5 I, J, K, and L,respectively, the ring-fence M, mounted on the posts on, and centerhouse N, and marbles 1, 2, 3, 4:, and 5, said houses having doors 1', j,70, Z, and a, respectively, whereby said marbles may play in and out ofsaid houses, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRIOK WALTER DENNIS.

Witnesses:

F. L. EVERETT, L. P. MnLoNE.

